Kristen Ostro

Founder & CEO at Strut Consulting

Who is Kristen Ostro?

Kristen Ostro** is the Founder and CEO of **Strut Consulting:, a firm focused on providing exceptional fund operations support to emerging and established venture capital firms.1 2 3 She brings over 15 years of experience in the venture capital industry, with expertise across all stages of fund management.3

Prior to founding Strut in 2016, Kristen served as the Director of Operations for Xfund, an early-stage venture capital firm, and Homebrew, a seed-stage venture capital firm in San Francisco.1 2 She also spent five years working as an Executive Assistant and West Coast Marketing Coordinator for New Enterprise Associates (NEA), one of the largest venture capital firms in the world.2

In addition to Strut, Kristen is also the Founder and Managing Director of Let's Talk Ops (LTO), a nationwide community of first-class operators powering some of the most successful venture capital firms in the world from behind the scenes.1 2

Kristen holds a BS in Business Administration from Towson University, where she played Division One Women's Volleyball.2 Her LinkedIn username is kristenostro.2

Highlights

Nov 8 · WIRED

Venture Capital's Messiest Breakup: The Inside Story of the Xfund - WIRED

May 6 · SFGate

When infighting threatens to destroy a venture capital firm - SFGate

Experience

Founder & CEO at Strut Consulting since July 2016

Founder & Managing Director at Let's Talk Ops (Feb 2017 - Present), Director of Operations at Zetta Venture Partners, Xfund, Homebrew, and various roles at New Enterprise Associates, Gold Bridge Capital, Baker & McKenzie, Tower Records